Iain Crichton Smith's guest appearances

Iain Crichton Smith

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature

Books for Breakfast

Nan Shepherd

Colm Tóibín

Ian Rankin

Robert Burns

Christine Dwyer

Hilary Mantel

Denise Levertov

Muriel Spark

Elizabeth Taylor

Shirley Hazzard

Charles Simic

Jane Hamilton

Tara Bergin

Amanda Bell

Eleanor Oliphant

OwlTail

We ease our way back into breakfast book chat after our summer intermission with an episode on what we read ourselves during the summer. Enda chooses Lucia Berlin's A Manual for Cleaning Women, while Peter selects Deer on the High Hills: Selected Poems by Iain Crichton Smith, edited by John Greening. We also give a shout out to this weekend's Fingal Poetry Festival and to forthcoming and recently published books such as Hugo Hamilton's The Pagesand Colm Tóibín's The Magician.No Toaster Challenge this morning as we're getting the toaster fixed, but it will be back in operation next week. Support the show

We ease our way back into breakfast book chat after our summer intermission with an episode on what we read ourselves during the summer. Enda chooses Lucia Berlin's <a href="https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/lucia-berlin/a-manual-for-cleaning-women/9781447294894" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Manual for Cleaning Women</a>, while Peter selects <a href="https://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9781800170940" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deer on the High Hills: Selected Poems</a> by Iain Crichton Smith, edited by John Greening. We also give a shout out to this weekend's<a href="https://fingalpoetryfestival.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Fingal Poetry Festival</a> and to forthcoming and recently published books such as Hugo Hamilton's <a href="https://www.4thestate.co.uk/book/the-pages-9780008451684/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Pages</a>and Colm Tóibín's <a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/270/270194/the-magician/9780241004616.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Magician.</a> No Toaster Challenge this morning as we're getting the toaster fixed, but it will be back in operation next week.  <a href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/books4breakfast" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

34: New books; Lucia Berlin; Iain Crichton Smith

In the latest episode of a new podcast dedicated to Scottish books, Vikki Reilly and Kristian Kerr of Birlinn Ltd talk about Iain Crichton Smith's classic novel, Consider the Lilies. We shed more light on the Highland clearances with an interview with the acclaimed historian, James Hunter, who has recently published the award-winning Set Adrift Upon the World. Kevin MacNeil reads Crichton Smith's poetry.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Scottish Literature: Episode 5 – Iain Crichton Smith - Consider The Lilies